Officials have no answers for what caused a gate failure at the Lake Dunlap Dam near New Braunfels Tuesday morning. NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Video shows the exact moment a spillgate collapsed Tuesday morning in a partial dam failure at Lake Dunlap.. Today, we’re a focused group of neighbors and volunteers, all working hard to not only get the dam repaired, but to ensure it is maintained as it should be in perpetuity.

The grassy area in foreground is now a dry lake bed. This occurred in New Braunfels, TX this morning. GBRA warned of dangerous river conditions for recreationists with passing river flows of approximately 11,000 cubic feet per second.

This morning the Guadalupe County Appraisal District released a study of the impact of the May 14th dam failure on lakefront property values for the next few years. The river authority is going to remove the broken gate resulting in the entire lake draining overnight.

Lake Dunlap had drained by Tuesday evening. On May 14, 2019, the lives of everyone in the Lake Dunlap community changed when our dam failed. The middle-gate failure caused water to dump downstream into the Guadalupe River at 11,000 cubic feet per second. Staffers with Texas Parks and Wildlife, the U.S. 2 of 13 After the dam at Lake Dunlap partially collapsed May 14, the lake receded.

Lake Dunlap residents reach a deal to fix dam and bring back reservoir Josh Baugh Oct. 9, 2019 Updated: Oct. 9, 2019 10:21 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest The Lake Dunlap dam experienced a massive spill gate failure the morning of Tuesday, May 14. Drone Footage of the aftermath of the Lake Dunlap dam spillgate failure. Our lake emptied in a matter of hours. A huge step was the recent creation of the Lake Dunlap Water Control & Improvement District (WCID), which will provide the means to fund the infrastructure improvements needed to bring the dam up to current standards, and to keep it maintained and in operating condition in perpetuity.